Re: Update on namespaces

Andrew Layman wrote:
> 
> As XML stands today,
> their meaning is relative to the particular doctype and application
> used.  Namespaces is a facility to pin down names exactly, in effect
> saying "'birthday' as defined by organization x, 'type' as defined by
> w3c, 'date' as defined by w3c."

That is, as I understand it, what <!NOTATION is for.  Why would this 
not be the preferred way to indicate a formal public identifier in an 
SGML subset?  Is NOTATION carrying baggage?  Is there an alternative?

len bullard

Received on Tuesday, 10 June 1997 18:11:13 UTC